Aria (2001)
- Directed by
- Pjotr Sapegin
- Country
- Norway, Canada
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This stop-motion animated short retells the story of Madame Butterfly. It uses puppet figures and Puccini's opera music to show a Japanese geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.
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What happens
Aria is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001. A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of Madame Butterfly, set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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